All this year I'll be storytiming Punisher comics. Most of the focus will be on pre-Ennis stories, but there'll be some Ennis era stuff at some point. Expect at least 1 storytime per week.
Of all the "major" Punisher writers of the 80s and 90s, the team of Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning are probably the least well known. This is in spite of the fact that they actually wrote more issues than (original War Journal writer) Carl Potts or (original Punisher miniseries writer) Steven Grant. They not only had a year long run on The Punisher's main series, but also did some fill-in work on that same title and some issues of War Zone and a miniseries and an Annual.
Today we're going to be reading their first arc on The Punisher War Zone, which immediately followed Chuck Dixon's classic first run on the series.
As well as featuring the ultra-clean, classically-influenced art stylings of the underrated Mike McKone, this arc also has what are to this day some of my favorite covers of ANY comics for ANY character. I'd seriously consider them up there with some of the great hype(rbole) covers of the Silver Age in terms of their ability to draw you in with utterly insane situations, plus they're just un-fucking-believably well designed. Just excellent work in general. I'm surprised they're not more well known, but maybe this storytime'll help raise awareness of these fantastic covers.
And on top of that? One of the most unique setups for ANY Punisher story that you'll ever read! This is some bang-up work, so get in here and read this shit.
On a completely unrelated note, anybody else looking forward to the John Wick comic? It keeps getting delayed though, so I have no idea when the fuck it's coming out.
Brandon Powell
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Elijah Brooks
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Ryan Cox
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Isaiah Baker
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Thomas Phillips
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Christian Perry
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Christian Flores
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Jace Barnes
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Owen Cox
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Nolan Jackson
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Mason Gomez
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Jordan Price
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Hunter Perry
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Jace Wood
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Grayson White
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Lucas Howard
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Chase Moore
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Nathaniel Jenkins
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Michael Reed
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Jose Long
ISSUE #13
Matthew Sullivan
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Leo Walker
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Adam Ortiz
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Dylan Ortiz
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Angel Jenkins
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Isaiah James
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Logan Richardson
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Noah Scott
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Zachary Anderson
Bullpen Bulletins
Julian Rodriguez
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Hudson Davis
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Asher Clark
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Brody Brooks
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Henry Gutierrez
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Adam Campbell
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Daniel Allen
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Matthew Wood
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Jeremiah Ward
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Landon Gomez
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Jaxson Bennett
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Leo Peterson
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Jayden White
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Matthew Anderson
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Cameron Clark
ISSUE #14
Lucas Murphy
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Lincoln Miller
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Austin Fisher
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Connor Diaz
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Nathaniel Ward
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Robert Russell
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Isaac Barnes
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Carter Harris
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Jace Torres
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Xavier Cook
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Blake Martin
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Cameron Reed
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Isaac Smith
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Chase Flores
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Ryder Ross
bumping for frank
Ayden Thompson
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Jeremiah Perry
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Chase Baker
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Jackson Green
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Christian Smith
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Jace Ross
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Jonathan Lee
Letters page
David Kelly
ISSUE #15
Leo Jenkins
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Nicholas Cruz
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Tyler Gomez
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Jacob Adams
Sorry about the delay there. My computer was fucking up.